Having not had any purchases for over six months because I am paying for household improvements, I saw this loco at the recent Bressingham Museum O Gauge Exhibition. I have been looking for a good model of a 2P for a few years and here was one in superb condition and a fantastic runner – no contest, I purchased it after being offered a good deal.

This particular number was a S & D loco, so I may change it to something a bit more local to me. This type were regular performers to Peterborough during the 1950’s, I will research further. It will of course join my list for weathering!

This O Gauge Pannier came to me in quite poor condition, it was purchased without a detailed inspection by a friend, and it was a bit of a ‘lemon’.

After putting the bits that had fallen off back on securely and repairing other parts, the loco looked a lot better. The loco was not originally meant to be weathered, but I felt that I could cover several old glue marks with a light weathering (dusting).

These are the locos from my current batch of weathering.

88DS weathered as working at a cement factory

‘Wissington’ as working at a sugar beet factory (before being preserved)

J94 Yard Shunter – Medium weathering

Peckett Industrial ‘IMP’- Medium weathering

This is a rush job for Graham as it is needed on Saturday (1/3/25) at the O Gauge Guild Show at Kettering. This Loco will also appear on Morlock Heath, now owned by Graham. It has been weathered to a medium standard and with it working on Diesel power in an engineers yard.

This is a standard O Gauge Heljan Model, However as you view it today, it is not finished! I ordered some Oleo round Class 37 buffers as this Loco, 37050 retained round buffers during the period modelled, but sadly I have not received them! I really wish that Traders would only advertise what they have in stock and also not take my money before being in stock.

If anyone has a spare set of Heljan class 37 round oleo buffers will they please contact me through this site – shanks only would be fine.

This time we have two East Anglian based class 37’s. Both have the extra strengtheners in the cant rail grilles. They are both Heljan O Gauge models, but one is an older model with domino headcodes and buffer cowls, the other is a later Model with marker lights and no buffer cowls. I believe they were both March (MR) engines at the same time.

37084

37088

Here we have a pair of Scottish named Class 37’s as running in the early 80’s. They are Heljan O gauge Models. Both have received a medium weathering.

Loch Awe

Loch Rannoch

This is the latest Heljan O Gauge Class 45, the first time an ETH Loco has been produced by them. Here we have 45 109, a loco with all grills exposed and marker lights. This is pre headlight fitting, so firmly based in the early-mid 80’s. Its a bit of a plain selection and was never named. It is weathered in a medium ‘workaday’ condition.

These two locos were purchased by my Son for use on his Grub Lane Layout. They were purchased at a very good price in a recent sale. I have weathered them to a medium to heavy standard. They still need to have a crew added.

58XX

14XX

This is a model of 31404, one of the first batch of ETH fitted Class 31’s. I have modelled it to approx 1978-80 when it was allocated to Finsbury Park, it has their trade mark white stripe.

I used a brass kit to fill in the water filler cap and footsteps and then a partial respray, before a medium to heavy weathering.